Daley, who'd worked with Cooper on Kitchen Confidential in 2005, told Variety, "We had thought about a really fun cameo for this part. It was sent to his agent, but I sent him a letter saying, like, 'It’d be fun to play again.' I got a text from him from a number I didn’t recognize saying, 'Yo, is this still John?' And I said, 'Who’s this?' Because I’ve gotten weird texts before from strangers. He said, 'BC from KC.' I’m like, 'What?' Kitchen Confidential!' I’m like, 'Oh, shit!'"